Over the last few months, the saga of Kerala’s flagship infrastructure project – the Vizhinjam deep water port and container transshipment terminal – has wound a new stretch in its long running and tortuous route – losing its lone bidder for the what would seem to be the coveted position of port operator and then getting met by a propaganda offensive by a vested interest lobby consisting of a few small resorts in the project area who are hiding behind environmental and social concerns to ensure that the nests are not disturbed even if it means sabotaging a multi-Billion dollar project that would benefit the entire nation.